Sure, that's why we do dns records for dial up connections but just to visit
a web site? Anyway like I said in my post to Scott it's their business and
they can run it any way they like.
David Daniels
System Administrator
Starfish Internet Service
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"Clicking my fingers to the bone"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Lahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Declude Virus
> Reverse lookups are done on sites with high encryption software that is
> limited to the US only, and the reverse lookup helps verify the computer
> downloading the program is indeed originating in the US.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Declude Virus
>
>
> >
> > >Anybody else got any suggestions? I tried to go to their homepage and
got
> > >a message that says my ip address would not resolve to a valid
hostname.
> > >If I wanted it to resolve I would have given it a dns entry. To hell
with
> > >anyone that picky.
> >
> > That's the one weird thing about Frisk (the makers of F-Prot). For some
> > reason, they require a reverse DNS entry in order to go to their web
> > site. I have no idea why (nor do I recall any other web site that
> requires
> > this). RFCs do indicate that every IP with a computer associated with
it
> > should have a reverse DNS entry, but in practice the majority do not.
> >
> > You could always try through some sort of proxy such as
> > http://www.anonymizer.com , that might work.
> >
> > -Scott
> >
> > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for
> > IMail. http://www.declude.com
> >
> >
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